It seems the confusion regarding which sunscreen to use will continue longer as the FDA has delayed enforcement of rules designed to possibly ease confusion among consumers about which product offers the most protection. Last summer the FDA ordered manufacturers to comply by this July with regulations requiring them to to make clear how much … Read more
FDA postpones sunscreen labeling rules
May 14th, 2012 | Posted by in Cancer | Prevention | Skin Cancer | Sunscreen - (0 Comments)Utah tanning salons not truthful about dangers
May 14th, 2012 | Posted by in Cancer | Prevention | Skin Cancer | Sunscreen | Tanning | Teen - (0 Comments)With May being Melanoma awareness month and the fact that the Utah Legislature just passed a law requiring parents to accompany children under 18 to a tanning appointment, it is disconcerting that a recent ABC Channel 4 investigation discovered that local tanning salons are downplaying the damaging effects of their beds. In fact, the investigation … Read more
Mild winter could cause tick population explosion
April 24th, 2012 | Posted by in Illness | Prevention - (0 Comments)While most of the U.S. has experienced a mild winter, Utah has also joined in one of the warmest Winters on record. With this warm weather, experts are advising that the tick populations might be vastly larger than usual. Yet the same warm, dry weather that caused this expansion of the tick population may ultimately … Read more
Bedbugs not just a problem at home
April 24th, 2012 | Posted by in Illness | Men | Prevention | Women - (0 Comments)While many of us are aware that bedbugs can be found in private residences, not many of us are aware that our workplace could be home to these nasty insects. Recently, workers at a government office in Clarksville, Tennessee found out that the presence of bedbugs at the office is entirely possible. As many as … Read more
Henna Tattoo allergy warning
April 4th, 2012 | Posted by in Drug Facts | Eczema | haircare | Illness | Prevention - (0 Comments)With Spring Break here or nearly here and the weather turning warmer, many parents will be taking their kids to enjoy outdoor carnivals, fairs and other activities. At these events, there are often vendors peddling wares including temporary tattoos comprised of mostly black henna ink. While most parents deem them as a safe alternative to … Read more
Possible cure for male pattern baldness?
March 28th, 2012 | Posted by in haircare | Men - (0 Comments)Men – wake up and take note! The days of worrying about losing your hair maybe coming to an end as U.S. researchers believe they may have found a cure for pattern baldness in males. In recent studies, they have isolated a protein which may trigger hair loss and believe that by targeting this pathway … Read more
Teen Tanning Bill Passes – Makes tanning more difficult for those under 18 in Utah
March 2nd, 2012 | Posted by in Cancer | Prevention | Skin Cancer | Tanning | Teen - (0 Comments)Until now, tanning salons have been able to run rather unregulated and have been able to target high-schoolers desiring a year-round bronzed look to impress their peers. Things are about to change as Utah Senate Bill 41, also known as the “Teen Tanning Bill” passed the House with a 39-32 vote and now simply awaits … Read more
Updated FDA Tests Show U.S. Lipsticks have Elevated Lead Levels
February 15th, 2012 | Posted by in Drug Facts | Illness | Prevention - (0 Comments)It seems like a typical scenario which reeks of bureaucracy – The FDA tests a common consumer product under pressure from a consumer coalition (in this case, Campaign for Safe Cosmetics) and comes to a verdict which supports “big business” only to test the same consumer products years later with an altogether different, often more … Read more
Tanning Salon Industry Full of Lies and Misinformation
February 3rd, 2012 | Posted by in Prevention | Skin Cancer | Sunscreen | Tanning | Teen - (0 Comments)With the report this week by ABC’s Diane Sawyer that “there are more tanning salons in America than there are Starbucks” you’d expect that the Government, namely Congress, would want to poke around the burgeoning industry and check for safety. And two years ago, after a full scale investigation into the thriving tanning salon business, … Read more
More than 32 million people have proteins which attack their own body
January 26th, 2012 | Posted by in Cancer | Illness | Men | Prevention | Women - (0 Comments)A recent study by the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) revealed that more than 32 million people in the United States have autoantibodies in their systems. Autoantibodies are proteins created by one’s own immune system and which are directed against one or more of the individual’s own protein. In other words, they attack … Read more
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